He doesn't recall much about that Jan. 6, 1996, meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third time in 12 months his UConn Huskies faced Pat Summitt's Tennessee Lady Vols. But he remembers how electric the environment was, how there wasn't an arena of that size, with that energy, on any other college campus in the country.

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Alabama moved up one spot in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday from No. 4 to No. 3 after a perfect week in SEC play that included a road win over No. 14 Mississippi State and a home win over Georgia to improve to 8-1 in conference play.

There is a meeting between ranked SEC teams on Wednesday, Feb. 5 when the No. 4 Tennessee Volunteers welcome the No. 15 Missouri Tigers to Food City Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

It is a top-25 SEC battle as we continue our College Basketball odds series with a Missouri-Tennessee prediction and pick.

Paige Bueckers shared her thoughts on the upcoming UConn women's basketball game against Tennessee on Thursday night.